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"I felt like a contributing member of the class" [electronic resource] : increasing class participation with ClassCommons / by Honglu Du.

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Du, Honglu
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Increasing class participation with ClassCommons
Published
[University Park, Pa.] : Pennsylvania State University, 2009.
Physical Description
1 electronic document (83 pages)
Additional Creators
Rosson, Mary Beth and Carroll, John M. (John Millar), 1950-
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Summary
Public displays have become pervasive in everyday life. Recent technological development has decreased the cost of such displays and they have been adopted increasingly in places where people meet each other, e.g., town centers, cafés, classrooms, libraries, offices. Currently, most public displays are non-interactive, serving a broadcast function (TV news, ads, etc). Our informal observations around public displays in our own building indicate that people pay little attention to the displays. In fact, it is generally accepted that most large public displays are under-utilized. However, given their strategic spatial positioning such displays might easily be used to attract the attention of people who are working or relaxing in the area. The work reported here explores the question of whether social interaction through a public display can also promote a sense of community amongst the participants. The design and first deployment experiences of a platform-independent, interactive video commenting system, ClassCommons, using a large public display in two sections of a large-enrollment university class, is described here. The preliminary evaluation suggests that students enjoyed the activity of commenting, that they participated a great deal, and that their sense of community was greater after using the system. Further analysis revealed that reading the comments and posting relevant comments are associated with increases in community members’ sense of community. Finally, lessons learned from this initial experience and further work using this and similar interactive activities will be discussed.
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Dissertation Note
M.S. Pennsylvania State University 2009.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Thesis advisor: Mary Beth Rosson, John M. Carroll.
Reproduction Note
Library holds archival microfiches negative and service copy. 2 fiches. (Micrographics International, 2009)
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The full text of the dissertation is available as a Adobe Acrobat .pdf file ; Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view the file.
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